The Rise Of The Betrayed Luna (Amorah and Holmes) novel Chapter 184

Chapter 184

Chapter 184

Zane POV

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I barely waited for Kyra to finish explaining before I handed the photograph to Amorah across the kitchen table. Conrad took it from her a second later, and the change in his expression told me he disliked what he was seeing.

The photograph showed Kyra and me leaving one of the academy buildings earlier that afternoon. Nothing dangerous appeared in the image, but nobody should have been taking secret pictures of us inside school grounds.

Security collected the note and photograph almost immediately after we arrived home. Several guards left to investigate while the rest of the family pretended to continue with the evening normally.

Kyra kept glancing toward the front windows every few minutes. I acted calmer than she did, but I was just as curious about who kept leaving messages for us.

“We should be helping.”

“We are helping by staying out of the way,” Conrad replied.

That answer annoyed me more than I expected. Ever since starting school, I had become tired of adults deciding which information children were allowed to know.

The academy had already shown me that people my age noticed far more than adults realized. Students watched everything, remembered everything, and often heard conversations that older people assumed we ignored.

The anonymous notes bothered me because they felt personal. Whoever was sending them knew enough about our family to target Kyra and me specifically.

I thought school was going to be a fresh start but chaos somehow managed to follow us everywhere.

Instead of waiting for security updates, I started paying attention at school. I began noticing which students appeared near our lockers, which ones asked unusual questions, and which ones seemed overly interested in our family.

Most of what I discovered turned out to be harmless curiosity. Being the children of a Supreme Alpha and a woman with a complicated past naturally attracted attention.

Kyra preferred talking through possibilities with her new friend after classes. I preferred watching quietly and keeping my conclusions to myself until I was certain. I did not want anyone getting alarmed over nothing serious.

A few days later, Conrad invited me to accompany him on a patrol through part of the territory bordering the academy district. We traveled in one of the estate vehicles, and for once nobody treated me like a child who needed constant

supervision.

“You’ve been thinking about those notes.”

“I have.”

Conrad nodded once before focusing on the road again. He rarely forced conversations, which made it easier to talk to him when I actually wanted to.

“I don’t like not knowing things,” I admitted. “It feels like somebody is trying to turn us into a game.”

“Then learn how to observe before you react,” Conrad said. “Most problems reveal themselves when people are patient enough to pay attention.”

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The rest of the afternoon became less about patrol duties and more about practical lessons. Conrad showed me how experienced wolves identified changes in scent trails, recognized unusual behavior, and noticed details most people overlooked.

None of it felt dramatic or exciting. It felt useful, which somehow made it more interesting.

When we returned home, I immediately started applying what he taught me. I paid closer attention to conversations at school, movements in crowded hallways, and the reactions people showed whenever Kyra or I appeared.

Meanwhile, life inside the estate continued becoming stranger because of the baby. My little sibling seemed to recognize family members almost instantly and reacted differently depending on who entered a room.

The estate healer visited more frequently than before. She insisted the baby remained healthy, but even she admitted some behaviors were unusually advanced for a newborn wolf.

One afternoon, I walked into the nursery and found Kyra attempting to teach the baby how to hold a stuffed wolf. The baby somehow managed to grab the toy with surprising accuracy, which immediately made Kyra declare herself an excellent

teacher.

“You saw that.”

“I saw you taking credit for something a baby accidentally did.”

Kyra threw a pillow at me before returning to her lesson. The baby responded by making a happy sound that only encouraged her.

Later that evening, Lyra arrived carrying several bags of groceries and supplies. She had become a regular presence around the estate again, though she remained careful not to push herself into situations where she was not invited.

I still remembered everything that happened between her, Amoráh, and Conrad. Even so, it was becoming harder to ignore the fact that she consistently followed through on every promise she made.

The next school day brought more questions than answers. Nobody left another note, but I noticed one student watching Kyra and me several times during lunch before quickly looking away whenever I glanced in his direction.

I memorized his face without mentioning it to anyone. If Conrad had taught me anything, it was that observation mattered more than assumptions.

Three days passed before security finally called a family meeting. The timing alone told me they had discovered something important.

Kyra arrived first and immediately sat beside Amorah. I took the chair next to Conrad while the baby’slept peacefully in a carrier nearby.

One of the security specialists placed several files on the table. He looked satisfied in the way people did when they finally solved a problem.

“We identified the source of the anonymous notes.”

Nobody spoke for a moment after that. Even Kyra stayed quiet.

Conrad leaned forward slightly. “Who is it?”

The specialist opened a folder and slid a photograph across the table. My stomach tightened as I recognized the face immediately.

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